Thursday, July 29, 2010

The biggest swimmer sculpture art



f you walk around the south bank of the Thames between Tower Bridge and City Hall you must see this giant sculpture of a man swimming through the grass. Its 35 feet long and promoted a new TV series on the Discovery Channel called London Ink, a show about tattooing based on the show Miami Ink. The swimmer statue is made out of reinforced polystyrene and is a major draw for tourists and Londoners.




















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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Oil painting art on walls



Nothing impossible, here you will see an amazing oil painting art on walls, Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil — especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankincense; these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body and gloss. Other oils occasionally used include poppyseed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil. These oils confer various properties to the oil paint, such as less yellowing or different drying times. Certain differences are also visible in the sheen of the paints depending on the oil. Painters often use different oils in the same painting depending on specific pigments and effects desired. The paints themselves also develop a particular consistency depending on the medium.










































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